Browsing: WHS decisions (NT)

• Duty holders fined over amputation on custom-made plant; and
  
• Electrical warning issued after three WHS fines imposed.

A man has been convicted of two category-1 WHS breaches - the first reckless conduct convictions recorded in his jurisdiction. After he was sentenced, a regulator slammed his workplace's stoic culture and the inaction of witnesses to a teenage worker's serious burns.

In a case involving a four-year legal battle and High Court ruling on the reach of WHS laws, a PCBU has been convicted and fined $120,000 over the death of a patron in a ballooning incident.

A company and its director have been convicted and fined, and issued WHS project and training orders, over the electrocution of an unsupervised apprentice, in a unique case, while two employers and a director have been charged over a switchboard shock.

A PCBU has unsuccessfully contended its fatality-related WHS charges should be dismissed for being "ambiguous" and "prolix". A superior court found the particulars of the charges clearly accused the PCBU of failing to ensure workers complied with safety rules for confined spaces, and creating the risk of almost certain death to any worker who fell because of that failure.

A PCBU allegedly failed to enforce safety standards and created a culture of non-compliance that led to a fatality, a judge has heard in upholding the business's WHS charge. However, the judge struck out a complaint against the business's co-defendant.

• Admin-control warning issued after PCBU fined;
  
• Managers warned after vehicle falls 25m, kills operator; and
  
• SA launches asbestos blitz, suspends another licence.

• Employer fined $850k over missing SWMS and fatality;
  
• Individual convicted for hindering WHS investigation; and
  
• More WHS offences attract on-the-spot fines in NT.

• COVID-19 hygiene training mandated for WA work sector;
  
• New worker killed by high-hazard task, PCBU fined; and
  
• Individual fined over powerlines injury, COVID-19 reduces penalty.

A PCBU has been found not guilty of category 2 WHS breaches relating to a fatal road accident in a dilapidated work car.